Non-Surgical Treatment For Discogenic Low Back Pain - EP 14

Premier Pain Talk

Non-Surgical Treatment For Discogenic Low Back Pain

On today’s episode of Premier Pain Talk, Dr. Danko presents a webinar on the novel treatment called intervertebral allograft injection for degenerative disk disease. Tune in for all of the information.

Episode Highlights:

• Have you heard of VIA disc? It is a nonsurgical treatment for degenerative disc disease. It is fairly new to pain management. Dr. Danko has been able to provide this to his patients for over a year now.
• Dr. Danko explains his experience with the procedure.
• Low back pain is a very common issue, the single greatest cause of disability over the course of our lives.
• Over the last 25 years, the prevalence of back pain has increased. Dr. Danko explains why and common factors.
• Vertebral compression fractures can occur and cause really severe back pain and they get worse with forward flexion.
• Where does disc herniation pain come from?
• What are the degenerative changes?
• What is degenerative disc disease and how does it occur? How is it accelerated?
• Dr. Danko explains what a provider looks at and what kind of exams are done when identifying discogenic back pain.
• Discogenic back pain is a constant central back pain that can occur in the legs as well and worse with leaning forward.
• What is an MRI scan and what does it help identify?
• Degeneration of the discs go from grade 1 (normal healthy disc to grade 8 (most deteriorated)
• What treatments were determined to not be effective?
• VIA disc has been a game changer. Why?
• VIA disc NP is the first and only nucleus pulposus allograft to replace a patient’s tissue loss due to disc degeneration.
• What is the VIA disc procedure like? Dr. Danko explains.
• Muscle relaxants and back braces are common after the procedure.
• Healing takes time. Dr. Danko has advice for not becoming discouraged but rather being patient waiting on the regeneration process.

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